It's My Day!!

And SW has created another video to show what's gone on with me over the last year... Here's the first year in case you want to see it too... I've really gotten bigger!

Merry Christmas...!

I just wanted to say

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

There... now can I take these THINGS

off my HEAD and CHEW on them already....?

Who's the Fairest of Them All...?

We had visitors at our HOUSE this week... 

My two older SISTERS, KATE and ROSIE..!

The last time I saw ROSIE she was BIGGER than ME...

But NOW we're the SAME size...

I showed them all the fun trails around the HOUSE...!

We WALKED all over...

Then GRAMMA GLENNA wanted PICTURES...

I am not LIKING PICTURES...

Really, do I HAVE to...?

OK, just this one...

ROSIE and I look almost the SAME...

Here we are again, POSING...

I am still the BETTER-LOOKING of them all,

don't you think...?

Swimming Lessons

That DILLON thinks he is SO SMART...

We go to the RIVER to PLAY

I like the RIVER...

Then DILLON comes and steals the STICK...!

I do all the SWIMMING...

... and the FETCHING...

And, there's DILLON waiting for me on the shore...

I don't think it's FAIR...

I think DILLON needs to learn to SWIM...!

DILLON's 12 weeks old today, 

so maybe I'll BE NICE to him this time...

The First Six Months

Here's me on my first night at my new home...

and here I am now...

Six months' old...!

Here I am on my first JEEP ride to the beach...

& here I am in the JEEP about to head home after a trip to a BBQ...

I fill the seat more, don't I....?

And, here I am, before and now at our local BEACH...

I've been here lots of times...

I still have the same collar and leash...

Maybe for my birthday I'll get a new one....?

Here's my official six months' old portrait...

Quite a bit different from when I first came into the world...

CHEERS to the next six months...!

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Vogue

I wrote before about the shiny box SW likes to carry around.  She is always telling me to SIT and STAY. Since SW and TC have been very busy around the house, I am going to share some of my favorite photos that SW took...

These were taken at Ferndale Bridge which is near where we live.  I like playing on the RIVER.

This is my spot at HOME.  I lay on my MAT and wait until it's time to EAT, or time to GO OUT.

I like the BEACH.  We play FETCH and I like to RUN...!

I also like to DIG...!  Here's a hole I dug at the BEACH...

SW takes me to the HOSPITAL some times.  I have a MAT there where I wait while she does WORK.  I like the HOSPITAL.  I get petted and played with by lots of people, and everyone knows my NAME...!

Why, yes, I am a sexy beast....!

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Twelve Week Puppy's Tale

This is my 12 week old official portrait.

Wow, what a difference from my 8 week portrait...

Still cute, though, don't you think...? 

 At least, that's what everyone says when they see me...!  

Everyone gets excited, then I get excited, then they get more excited,

then I get... well, you get the picture.

At 12 weeks old I can:

Sit on my MAT while TC & SW sit in the kitchen to eat dinner.
I can bark and scratch at the door to GO OUT.

I can SIT, DOWN, LAY, ROLL OVER, SHAKE with either PAW, 

and get UP in the BRT or JEEP.

I can STAY and WAIT for my food or for a TREAT, although it's hard to not

just want to jump up and grab that TREAT when it's sitting just in front of my nose.

But, I WAIT until SW or TC gives me the sign to GET IT.

And GET IT isn't just for treats... it's also for my favorite FOOTBALL or TENNISBALL.

I can't confuse it with GET 'EM, cause that's for the GUINEAS.  Although, I do like to

GET 'EM CATS... even when SW tells me to BE NICE.

I am learning to BEG, but I can't seem to sit right on my back legs yet and balance...

 I know that will come, and meanwhile I get a nice TREAT for trying.

I have to go now...  It's play time..!

Strike a Pose

I don't know why, but SW likes to carry this shiny little box with her wherever we go...

She squeaks my play ball and then gets excited when I look just the right way...

Sometimes I hear the shiny box clicking in the background while I am just playing around... I don't know why she likes to play with the box.  I would rather play in the water.

She sets me up on different things and gets really happy, though, when I look at her just right... And, that makes me happy too...!  Here I am at eleven weeks' old... Wow, time is sure flying by...!

8 Weeks and Growing

Here is my official 8 weeks' old portrait...

And, here I am trying to jump down off the log in the middle of the photo shoot... this diva wants to go back inside...